SVL-Day 1

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SAT List

1. Abhor: hate
  • Sentence: I abhor large crowds on hot days.
2. Bigot: narrow-minded, prejudiced person
  • Sentence: The bigot crossed the street to avoid passing close by the Middle Eastern couple.
3. Counterfeit: fake, false
  • Sentence: My friend gave me a counterfeit twenty dollar bill that he had bought at a joke shop.
4. Enfranchise: give voting rights
  • Sentence: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 enfranchised African-Americans in the United States who had been unable to vote due to restrictions in their home states.
5. Hamper: hinder, obstruct
  • Sentence: My broken arm hampered my ability to play basketball.
Huck Finn

1. Commence: begin
  • Sentence: The wedding commenced with the entrance of the bride.
2. Tolerable: endurable; fairly good or passable
  • Sentence: The wool sweater was just tolerable after I gave myself a good scratching.
3. Shrivel: to become shrunken and wrinkled
  • Sentence: The leaves began to shrivel and fall from the tree in the fall.
4. Providence: care or preparation in advance; foresight
  • Sentence: It was divine providence that a tow truck drove by five minutes after our spare tire blew out in the middle of the desert.
5. Ingots: a metal block or bar; a block of gold
  • Sentence: The train robbers loaded the ingots from the safe in the storage car to their wagon beside the train.